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Date:         Wed, 2 Feb 1994 20:39:45 GMT
From: Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@FTP.TEX.AC.UK>
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Subject:      Re: On the death of \footheight
Status: R

Paul Taylor writes:
 >
 > Whilst LaTeX2e is compatability mode looks more or less compatible,
 > this sort of thing is going to mean that it will be a LONG TIME
 > before people (can) switch to native mode.
 >
i think this is much too negative. the footheight thing hits style
writers, is easy to spot, and  is only relevant in article-like
classes. i really dont think joe user will ever know it isnt like like
some sort of security blanket.

call me a sycophant, but i *like* LaTeX2e. people will upgrade if its
good, and if its described by the manual. those people who say `my
site wont change until 1996' has better watch out for users waving
copies of Lamport saying `but it says here....'. And some of us can
help with the conversion - the UKTEX Users GRoup, for instance, will
send any member (for the cost of a stamped addressed envelope) a copy
of LaTeX2e on disk. and will only sell disk sets from April (or
whenever it goes out of beta) with 2e formats on. if all the support
groups did this, it would help more than sitting around like vultures
saying `ah well it'll never catch on'

sebastian